Researchers have discovered that the development of blood vessels in the mouse placenta is controlled epigenetically.

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...

For starters there's preeclampsia, when the mother's body goes through a life-threatening surge in blood pressure as the human fetus increases the rate of blood flow through the placenta.

The placenta is an organ that forms in the uterus during pregnancy. It carries oxygen and nutrients from the mother's blood to the fetus via the umbilical cord. After birth, the placenta naturally ...

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of ...

While rare in most cowherds, retained placentas jeopardize reproductive efficiency and can rob operations of profit potential ...

In human pregnancy, the transport of antibodies to the fetus is limited to IgG. IgG is actively transported across the placenta to the fetus to provide immunological protection to the newborn via ...